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"Two of the most commonly alleged features of Japanese society are its homogeneity and its encouragement of conformity, as represented by the saying that the nail that sticks up gets pounded. This volume's primary goal is to challenge these and a number of other long-standing assumptions regarding Tokugawa (1600-1868) society, and thereby to open a dialogue regarding the relationship between the Japan of two centuries ago and the present. The volume's central chapters concentrate on six aspects of Tokugawa society: the construction of individual identity, aggressive pursuit of self-interest, defiant practice of forbidden religious traditions, interest in self-cultivation and personal betterment, undiferstandings of happiness and well-being, and embrace of "neglected" counter-ideological values. The author argues that when taken together, these point to far higher degrees of individuality in early modifern Japan than has heretofore been acknowledged, and in an Afterword the author briefly examines how these indicators of individuality in early modifern Japan are faring in contemporary Japan at the time of writing."--Provided by publisher

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Author

Nosco, Peter

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (CAM)

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351389624

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Psychology, Social Science